Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Political Science Theses Department of Political Science 1-14-2007 Who, How, and What? Third-Party Intervention in Venezuela Ines Nayhari Rojas Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/political_science_theses Recommended Citation Rojas, Ines Nayhari, "Who, How, and What? Third-Party Intervention in Venezuela." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/political_science_theses/16 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Political Science at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Political Science Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Who, How, and What? Third-Party Intervention in Venezuela by Inés N. Rojas Avendaño Under the Direction of Jennifer L. McCoy ABSTRACT This thesis examines the impact that third-party identity and techniques have on mediation outcome. The roles of the OAS and the Carter Center in the negotiations between the Venezuelan government and the opposition (DC), during the period 2002-2003, and the implementation of the agreement in 2004 are compared as representing track I and track II actors and styles. Using a process-tracing methodology, five conflict mappings and stages of conflict are combined with the results of focused interviews to main participants of the negotiation process. The analysis shows a significant impact of third-party identity and strategies on the outcome of mediation. Moreover, the outcome is more likely to be successful when track II actors, actually track I ½, participate as mediators in the actual negotiations.